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How would my colleagues go about selecting which segment of 

 your population would be allowed to remain and which would be 

 required to relocate? And how would you choose which of your 

 industries and communities would be dismantled "for the good of the 

 Nation"? How would you explain to working mothers and fathers that 

 they would no longer have a job to support their families because the 

 government over 3.000 miles away in Washington, D.C. knew best how 

 to allocate uses of the land? 



Mr. Chairman, the most difficult explanation of all is to explain 

 to your neighbors and friends how-people thousands of miles away 

 with little or no knowledge about their community or traditions or way 

 of life, people who have nothing personal to lose in the outcome of the 

 decision could have more voice in the process than they have 

 themselves. 



Mr. Chairman, I challenge this committee to put aside the House 

 wilderness bill which is so unpopular in my state and to look to the 

 Forest Service land planning effort, which will be available in June, for 

 answers to the very difficult land allocation questions before us at this 

 time. Thank you for holding this hearing today. 



